Sustainability and the automobile industry in Asia : policy and governance / edited by Aki Suwa and Masahiko Iguchi.

"This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries. It also gives a wide ranging policy options, ranging from technological and institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on e...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Suwa, Aki (Editor), Iguchi, Masahiko (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Series:Routledge studies in sustainability.
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Summary:"This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries. It also gives a wide ranging policy options, ranging from technological and institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on empirical case studies and comparative policy and regulatory analysis. It is a useful reference with valuable insights on how rapidly changing economies are adopting their policy and regulatory structure, to cope with the progressively severe environmental impacts as a result of automobile increase"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781351215664
1351215663
9781351215633
1351215639
9781351215657
1351215655
9781351215640
1351215647
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 28, 2020)
Biographical or Historical Data:Aki Suwa is a professor at the Faculty of Contemporary Society, Kyoto Women's University, Japan. Her research focuses on how environmental understanding facilitates policy formulation, and how this subsequently influences the degree of policy implementation on the ground. Masahiko Iguchi is an associate professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan. His main research interests are within the fields of global sustainability governance and international politics, with a particular focus on private regulation and governance, and on the climate and transport sectors.